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" The laws of husking every wight can tell; And sure, no laws he ever keeps so well: For each red ear a general kiss he gains, With each smut ear he smuts the luckless swains; But when to some sweet maid a prize is cast. "
American Farmer containing Original Essays and Selections on Rural Economy ... - Page 22
by John S. Skinner, Editor - 1823
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Festivals, Games & Amusements, Ancient & Modern

Horace Smith - Amusements - 1831 - 386 pages
...corn-cats crack," The song, tne'laugh, alternate notes resound, And the sweet cider trips in silence round. The laws of husking every wight can tell, , And sure...For each red ear, a general kiss he gains, With each smut-ear he soils the luckless swains ; But when to some sweet maid the prize is cast, He'd as her...
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Festivals, Games, and Amusements: Ancient and Modern

Horace Smith - Amusements - 1831 - 372 pages
...corn-cobs crack,* The song, the laugh, alternate notes resound, And the sweet cider trips in silence round. The laws of husking every wight can tell, And sure...keeps so well : — For each red ear, a general kiss lie gains, With each smut-ear he soils the luckless swains ; But when to some sweet maid the prize...
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Festivals, Games and Amusements: Ancient and Modern

Horace Smith - Games - 1832 - 382 pages
...corn-cobs crack,* The song, the laugh, alternate notes resound, And the sweet cider trips in silence round. The laws of husking every wight can tell, And sure...For each red ear, a general kiss he gains, With each sjnut-earlie soils the luckless swains; But when to some sweet maid the prize is cast, Red as her lips,...
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Festivals, Games, and Amusements

Horace Smith - English literature - 1833 - 382 pages
...corn-cobs crack,* The song, the laugh, alternate notes resound, And the sweet cider trips in silence round. The laws of husking every wight can tell. And sure...For each red ear, a general kiss he gains, With each smut-ear he soils the luckless swains ; But when to some sweet maid the prize is cast, Red as her lips,...
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Festivals, Games, and Amusements: Ancient and Modern

Horace Smith - Amusements - 1836 - 372 pages
...the laugh, alternate notes resound, And toe sweet cider trips in silence round. The laws of Imsling every wight can tell, And sure no laws he ever keeps...For each red ear, a general kiss he gains, With each smut-ear he soils the luckless swains ; But when to some sweet maid the prize is cast, Red as her lips,...
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American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 13

American periodicals - 1839 - 584 pages
...corn-cobs crack ; The soBg, the laugh, alternate notes resound, And the sweet cider trips in silence round. The laws of husking every wight can tell : And sure...ear a general kiss he gains, With each smut ear she smut* the luckless swains; Bat when to some sweet maid a prize is cast, Red as her lips, and taper...
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Selections from the American Poets, Issue 111

William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1840 - 328 pages
...corncobs crack ; The song, the laugh, alternate notes resound, And the sweet cider trips in silence round. The laws of husking every wight can tell, And sure...red ear a general kiss he gains, With each smut ear he smuts the luckless swains ; But when to some sweet maid a prize is cast, Red as her lips and taper...
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The Poets and Poetry of America: With an Historical Introduction

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1842 - 638 pages
...corncobs crack ; The song, the laugh, alternate notes resound, And the sweet cider trips in silence round. The laws of husking every wight can tell, And sure...each red ear a general kiss he gains, With each smut car he smuts the luckless swains ; 28 But when to some sweet maid a prize is cast, Red as her lips...
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The Poets and Poetry of America

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1843 - 558 pages
...corncobs crack ; The song, the laugh, alternate notes resound, And the sweet cider trips in silence round. The laws of husking every wight can tell, And sure...red ear a general kiss he gains, With each smut ear he smuts the luckless swains ; 28 29 But when to some sweet maid a prize is cast, Red as her lips and...
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De Bow's Review and Industrial Resources, Statistics, Etc: Devoted ..., Volume 4

James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow, R. G. Barnwell, Edwin Bell, William MacCreary Burwell - Industries - 1847 - 610 pages
...laugh, alternate holes resound, And the sweet cider trips in silence round. The laws of husking ev'ry wight can tell ; And sure no laws he ever keeps so well ; For each red ear a gen'ral kiss he gains, With each smut ear she smuts the luckless swains; But when to some sweet maid...
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